netbsd-help: Re: Q:hp360 as a fileserver?

Subject: Re: Q:hp360 as a fileserver?
To: Wayne Berke <berke@panix.com>
From: Jim Reid <jim@mpn.cp.philips.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/14/1997 15:59:56

>>>>> "Wayne" == Wayne Berke <berke@panix.com> writes:
 Andreas> So would it matter if I would boot it diskless compared
 Andreas> to local related to possible driver omissions.
 >> Yes, it does matter, but not in the way you think. It is never
 >> a good idea to have a file server - your proposed use of the
 >> machine - boot over the net. You want the server's network
 >> interface(s) to handle NFS requests. You don't want those
 >> packets competing with the server's swap and paging traffic if
 >> they're going over the net too.
 Wayne> However, you might want to net boot for diagnostic purposes
 Wayne> in the case when the file server has a disastrous disk
 Wayne> failure (all root partitions damaged).
Sure, but in these circumstances, the diskless-booted machine would
not be acting as a fileserver. At least, I'd hope not....